Theorising Welfare: Enlightenment and Modern Society

Theorising Welfare: Enlightenment and Modern Society
ISBN-10
1849208263
ISBN-13
9781849208260
Category
Social Science
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
1998-03-30
Publisher
SAGE
Authors
Martin O'Brien, Sue Penna

Description

' Theorising Welfare is very well written and painstakingly clear. It is an accessible and original textbook on the welfare state and the idea of welfare. There is nothing available like it in terms of its scope and intellectual sweep' - Scott Lash, University of Lancaster There are many interpretations of welfare and welfare states, each providing insights into different aspects of welfare and pointing to different possibilities for its future. Theorising Welfare provides a guide to these debates through an examination of seven theoretical perspectives - liberalism, Marxism, neo-liberalism, post-structuralism, political economy, political ecology and postmodernism - situating them within their historical and political contexts.

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